Saskatchewan 37, Montreal 12
When: 9:30 PM ET, Friday, October 27, 2017
Where: Mosaic Stadium, Regina, Saskatchewan
Attendance:
30083
By Gracenote
Roughriders 37, Alouettes 12: Trent Richardson rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns as host Saskatchewan cruised past Montreal to reach double-digit wins for the first time since 2014.
Kevin Glenn went 7-of-14 for 104 yards and two touchdowns while backup quarterback Brandon Bridge added 124 on 10-of-15 passing for the Roughriders (10-7), who moved into a third-place tie with the Edmonton Eskimos in the West Division. Chad Owens hauled in nine passes for 114 yards and a touchdown while Caleb Holley had three receptions for 83 yards and a score for Saskatchewan, which notched its fourth win in five games.
Matt Shiltz finished 5-of-13 for 47 yards and his first CFL touchdown after replacing an ineffective Darian Durant but the Alouettes (3-14) suffered their 10th straight defeat. Samuel Giguere caught a touchdown pass while B.J. Cunningham made a team-high five catches for 87 yards for Montreal, which dropped its fifth game by 25 points or more in 2017.
Richardson rushed for a 1-yard touchdown and Glenn fired a 2-yard scoring strike to Owens as the Roughriders capitalized on two Montreal turnovers to race out to a 14-0 lead. Taylor Russolino connected on field goals from 15 and 19 yards to pull the Alouettes within eight before Tyler Crapigna answered with a 30-yard kick to give Saskatchewan a 17-6 advantage at halftime.
Glenn lofted a 49-yard touchdown pass to Holley to stretch the Roughriders' lead to 24-6 before Shiltz fired a 10-yard TD strike to Giguere to close the gap to 12 after a missed extra point. Crapigna tacked on a pair of 24-yard field goals to put Saskatchewan on top 30-12 and Richardson punched it into the end zone from 2 yards to cap off an impressive display.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Crapigna missed a 43-yard attempt in the first quarter to see his streak of consecutive field goals end at 18 in a row. … Roughriders DB Ed Gainey registered his 10th interception to become the first Saskatchewan player since Terry Irvin (11) in 1984 to hit reach double digits. … Cunningham became the 10th player to reach 1,000 receiving yards this season. … Durant, who spent the previous 11 years with Saskatchewan, finished 9-of-20 for 126 yards with an interception.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
Montreal |
|
Saskatchewan |
B.J. Cunningham
| Player |
Chad Owens
|
5 |
Receptions |
9 |
87 |
Yards |
114 |
17.4 |
Avg Yards |
12.7 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
43 |
Long |
25 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Montreal
|
231 |
58 |
173 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1.0 |
2 |
Saskatchewan
|
413 |
185 |
228 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
3.0 |
1 |
Upcoming Games
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Saskatchewan will play their next game at home against Edmonton. The Roughriders have a W/L % of .444 after a win and .857 after a loss.
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Montreal will play their next game on the road against Hamilton. The Alouettes have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .154 after a loss.